A Theoretical Model of Intergenerational Tutoring

Topping, Keith J.

doi:10.1080/15350770.2019.1646182

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“…Pairs of students were formed following the suggestions of experienced researchers in the field (Topping, 2020). Students were ordered from highest to lowest based on their mathematics grade from the first trimester.…”

Section: Type Of Tutoring and Distribution Of Studentsmentioning

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Peer tutoring in middle school mathematics: academic and psychological effects and moderators

Miravet

2022

Educational Psychology

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In this study reciprocal peer tutoring was implemented in middle school mathematics classes for a six-month period. The effects of this methodology on students' mathematics achievements, mathematics anxiety levels, attitudes toward mathematics, and mathematics self-concepts were examined. Study participants included 768 students in grades 7 to 9 (12 to 15 years old). Statistically significant differences and positive effect sizes were reported for mathematics achievement, mathematics anxiety level, and mathematics self-concept (Hedge's g average value of 0.28). No significant statistical differences were reported for mathematics attitude. Students' repeating condition acted as significant moderators for mathematics anxiety. The main conclusion is that reciprocal peer tutoring can be very beneficial academically and psychologically for middle school mathematics students.

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Peer tutoring in middle school mathematics: academic and psychological effects and moderators

Miravet

2022

Educational Psychology

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“…Tutoring anxiety refers to a feeling of tension or discomfort when needing to solve learning problems, and is distinct from generalized anxiety and test anxiety (Richardson and Suinn, 1972). It is a subjective emotional state experienced before or during a specific tutoring period related to the act of completing the tutoring itself, the threat of failing, and perceived negative consequences of tutoring (Topping, 2019). Thus, in this study, tutoring anxiety is conceptualized as a situation-specific anxiety experienced by parents who were tutoring their children during the COVID-19 lockdown.…”

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Parental Social Comparison Related to Tutoring Anxiety, and Guided Approaches to Assisting Their Children's Home Online Learning During the COVID-19 Lockdown

Yang

Hong

2021

Front. Psychol.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused great disruption in education systems around the world. Schools have in some cases ended or limited on-site teaching, and have shifted toward home online teaching. This situation is likely to cause increased uncertainty and anxiety for parents who on one hand may question the quality of home online learning yet, on the other, may not feel sufficiently confident or competent to guide their children's home online learning. Resulting anxiety is expected to be most evident in competitive educational contexts, such as those found throughout much of East Asia. Therefore, using China as the setting, and social comparison theory as the framework, this study examined how variation in parent social comparison relates to parent tutoring anxiety and, in turn, to the types of guided strategies parents use to promote their children's home online learning. The results indicated a positive relationship between parental upward social comparison and parental tutoring anxiety, but a negative relationship between parent downward social comparison and parental anxiety. Parental tutoring anxiety is positively related to the confirmation and structure types, but negatively related to the discovery type of guided approaches. The implication of this study is that parents who resist tendencies of competitive upward social comparison are likely to adopt more effective approaches to guiding their children's home online learning.

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“…Tutoring anxiety refers to a feeling of tension or discomfort in solving learning problems (Richardson & Suinn, 1972 ; Yang et al, 2021 ). It is a subjective emotional state experienced before or during a specific tutoring period related to the act of completing the tutoring itself, the threat of failure, and the perceived negative consequences of tutoring (Topping, 2019 ). The contrast effect in the upward comparison emphasizes that when others perform better than oneself, the individual will have negative emotions (Tesser et al, 1988 ), such as depression and anxiety (Butzer & Kuiper, 2006 ).…”

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Impact of social comparison on perceived online academic futility: A perspective from parents

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In response to the wide-ranging concern of online academic futility, the current study aimed to explore the independent variables and mediating variable from a novel perspective of parents during COVID-19. Based on the social comparison theory and the control-value theory of achievement emotions, social comparison and tutoring anxiety were incorporated into an integrated model as predictors and mediator, respectively. A total of 300 parents completed an online survey. The results of the structural equation modeling indicated that upward social comparison and downward social comparison were both positively related to tutoring anxiety, which in turn positively predicted perceived online academic futility. Notably, tutoring anxiety played a significant mediating role in the association between different social comparison and perceived online academic futility. These results highlight the consistent predictive effect of upward social comparison and downward social comparison on perceived online academic futility, shedding light on the roles of tutoring anxiety in explaining the relationship from parental perspectives.

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A Theoretical Model of Intergenerational Tutoring

Cited by 11 publications

References 44 publications

Peer tutoring in middle school mathematics: academic and psychological effects and moderators

Peer tutoring in middle school mathematics: academic and psychological effects and moderators

Parental Social Comparison Related to Tutoring Anxiety, and Guided Approaches to Assisting Their Children's Home Online Learning During the COVID-19 Lockdown

Impact of social comparison on perceived online academic futility: A perspective from parents

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